{"id":81205,"date":"2013-04-07T20:59:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T20:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=81205"},"modified":"2013-04-07T20:59:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T20:59:40","slug":"who-are-the-muslim-brotherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/who-are-the-muslim-brotherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are The Muslim Brotherhood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arab Spring gave the Muslim Brotherhood and\u00a0its affiliates the chance to play vital roles\u00a0in\u00a0the Egyptian, Tunisian and Libyan revolutions. But\u00a0now the organisation has itself become the target of violent protests. So, who are these men and how did they get where they are? asks\u00a0Patrick Kingsley.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/who-are-the-muslim-brotherhood\/mohammed-morsi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81206\" title=\"Mohammed Morsi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mohammed-Morsi-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mohammed-Morsi-010.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mohammed-Morsi-010-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2013\/apr\/02\/who-are-the-muslim-brotherhood\">the Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":81206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Are The Muslim Brotherhood? 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